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goldfish are not the best food for your aro. feeder goldfish are not very nutritious and they are usually kept in very poor conditions (where disease and parasites run rampant). there are so many better foods you could be feeding him.

there is a whole section in the sticky with a good variety of foods for him. sounds like you'll need an upgrade soon too.

Try longer than a few days, like around 2 weeks. You only feed him the pellets he should be eating. If he is still not eating, give him some crickets on day 15 and start the regime again. Make sure you give him food that he can swallow. If you give him pellet food that he has to crush, then he will more likely spit it out. He's use to soft food right now, and pellets are really hard.

you tried one different food and are going back to feeders already? I would give him some live crickets, superworms, and cut up raw market shrimp/prawn. try those.... aros rarely turn down those foods. you can always 'gutload' the insects or stuff pellets inside the shrimp for quality nutrition.